Newsletter #1 2018

Newsletter #1 2018

50th Anniversary
Welcome to the 2018 season and the 50th anniversary of Greystones Sailing Club . Planning for a
formal celebration of this milestone is well underway for June this year and we will advise well in advance of this and many other events recognising the clubs history.Subs
2017 was another strong year for Greystones Sailing Club and there will again be no increase in annual subs. Our early bird discounts for subs paid before Feb 28th apply again in 2018 and are on the website now.

More Sailing
A big change for 2018 will be the midweek racing schedule with the dinghies sailing on Wed and the Keelboats switching to Thursday. This allows dinghy sailors to try out Keelboat racing without missing their dinghy sailing. It also allows many of our keelboat sailors to demonstrate their long claimed dinghy skills or keelboat crews that have not raced dinghies to give it a go. The club has 5 adult dinghies and intends to increase this to 9 for the 2018 season which will allow many members the opportunity to participate without purchasing a dinghy in advance.

We particularly welcome back or adult trainees from 2018 and will be in contact directly about some pre-season training and boat loan protocol.

Training
We are delighted to confirm that Karl Brady will continue his role as Training Manager and SI for 2018 and is currently finalising a comprehensive schedule of programmes for both keelboats and dinghy sailors.
Junior summer training will again have 3 courses starting on June 4th and running through to Aug 10 full details will be on the site early next week but for holiday planning a summary below
*Course A June 4 – 15
*Course B June 18 – July 6
*Course B2 July 2 – 6 ( Taster week for members children )
*Course C July 9 – 27
This will be followed by 2 weeks of Cara Na Mara.
Other courses planned by Karl will be an Adult training programme through May.
*An additional ICC course for keelboat skippers.
*Racing skills week in Aug for Juniors.
*Seamanship week in Aug for Juniors.
Powerboat cert weekends plus a specific 1⁄2 day race management rib training.
Open sailing with daily rib cover will be run again this year through Aug.